you're cracking me up Pat
those little buttons show up:
on the front page of the site on the list of threads to the left of the thread title wherever there is a new post you haven't read yet. they go away when you have read the new posts
after "originally posted by_______" in any quote in a post so you can go to the original post being quoted
maybe they don't show up for admin? you mean we little folks have something you don't??